CV

Experience:

2011

Guest Editor
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Issue #15)
Hong Kong Online Publication (November). Forthcoming

2010

First-Round Reader
Writers Union of Canada
Postcard Stories

2010

Guest Editor
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Issue #12)
Hong Kong Online Publication (August-September)

2009

Guest Editor
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (Issue #8)
Hong Kong Online Publication. (August).
Organised first mainland-China launch. Bookworm Bookstore, Beijing

2008

First-Round Reader
Writers' Union of Canada
Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers

2007-

Consulting Editor/Writer
Beijing-Matric Cultural Communications Co. Ltd.
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

2004-5

Sessional Professor
School for Writers, Humber College, Toronto, Ontario
Prose Fiction
Online, non-residential

1998-9

Jury-member - Commonwealth Fiction Prize

1993-5

Co-editor, Kairos Literary journal
[Winner, Anthology Award, Hamilton and Region Arts Council, 1995]

1985-

Freelance editor

1983-

Full-time Professor, Creative Writing/Communications/Literature, Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario
[On leave: 1995-2000; fall 2002, 2003-5, 2007-8]

1978-83

Instructor, part-time. Continuing Education. McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario

1981-2

Don, Edwards Hall, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Writing Residencies:

2011

Red Gate Gallery Beijing, China
Writer in Residence (July-September)

2010

Red Gate Gallery Beijing, China
Writer in Residence (May-July)

2009

Red Gate Gallery Beijing, China
Writer-in-Residence (May-September/December-January)

2007-8

Red Gate Gallery Beijing, China
Writer-in-Residence (November-April/August/December)

2005

Danish Cultural Institute Damascus, Syria
Writer Residency (June-July)

2005

Centre d'Art Marnay (CAMAC) Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Writer Residency (Feb-May)

2004

Denkmalschmiede Hofgen Studios International
Grimma, (near Leipzig) Germany
Writer Residency (December 04-January 05)

2004

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta Independent 4-week residency
Leighton Studios (April)

2003

Fundacion Valparaiso, Almeria, Spain
Writer Residency (Nov-Dec)

2003

Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers
Hawthornden Castle, Scotland
4-week residency (June-July)

2003

Humber School for Writers, Toronto, Ontario
30-week Online Fiction Editing Program
Mentor: Susan Swan

2002

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta Independent 6-week residency (Nov-Jan)
Leighton Studios

2000

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta Independent 4-week residency (Nov-Dec)
Leighton Studios

1996

Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta Writing Studio. Mentors: Robert Kroetsch, Audrey Thomas, Greg Hollingshead, Patrick Lane, Fred Stinson

1997

Humber School for Writers, Toronto, Ontario
30-week Correspondence Program
Mentor: Timothy Findley

1993

Kingston School for Writers, Kingston, Ontario
Mentor: Steven Heighton

1992

Harbourfront School of Creative Writing, Toronto, Ontario
Mentor: D.M.Thomas

Public Readings:

2011

Opposite House
Beijing, China
'A Beijing Minute' from Fatty Goes to China

2011

Red Gate Gallery - Open Studio Selection from Fatty Goes To China
Beijing, China

2009

Ben McNally Books My Diva anthology launch
Toronto, Ontario

2009

Bei Gao - Open Studios Selection from Fatty Goes To China
Beijing, China

2006

This Ain't The Rosedale Library
Toronto, Ontario

2005

GritLit Festival
Hamilton, Ontario

2004

Summat Else book launch Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
October 24

2004

Summat Else book launch
Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton, Ontario
October 20

2004

Summat Else touring Picton, Ontario
October 15

2003

"Now Showing" Paul Beckett Gallery
Mojácar, Almería, Spain

2003

"Service"
Woody's
Quickies 3 (Anthology Launch)
Toronto

1993

"Crooked Hollow"
Red Spot Lounge
Church-Wellesley Review (Issue Launch)
Toronto

1994

"Redwater"
B&A New Writing (Issue Launch)
Rex Hotel, Queen Street West, Toronto

1995

Selections from new writing.
'The Writer Speaks' Reading Series
Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta

1993

"Moors and Christians"
B&A New Writing (Anniversary launch)
Clinton's Tavern, Toronto

Interviews:

2011

"Creative Success Stories
City Weekend, Beijing, China
July-August

2010

"Featured Author"
Oblique Quarterly
Interview by Ken Abell.
Launch Issue. March

2009

"Exploring the Power of the Pen"
Beijing City Weekend Magazine (Sept. 14)
Interview by Laura Fitch. Online and print.
China

Awards/Recognition:

2010

The Antigonish Review 40th Anniversary Competition
'Carnaval'
Honourable Mention/Issue 163

2010

Ontario Arts Council National and International Residency Grant

2010

PRISM International Annual Creative Non-Fiction Contest
'Tea With The Immortals'
Shortlisted

2009

Chroma (UK) International Writing Competition
'Fatty Goes To China'
Shortlisted

2009

Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
'Seriously' (short story)
Finalist

2009

Ontario Arts Council
National and International Residency Grant

2008

"City Promotional Ambassador"
Qingdao, China

2007

CBC Literary Awards 2006
'Seriously' and 'Face'
Shortlisted stories

2005

Suspect Thoughts Press
Project: Queer Lit Contest (U.S.)
Finalist. "Nancy's Boy"

2004

Pagitica Annual Literary Contest
"Now Showing"
Finalist

2003

Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers
Hawthornden Castle, Scotland Fellowship.

2002

New Century Writer Awards (U.S.)
Quarter-Finalist.

2002

New Century Writer Awards (U.S.)
Finalist ("Hands Over the Body" and "Enoch Jones and the Bombmaker")

2002

Prism International Short Story Competition
Shortlisted ("Enoch Jones and the Bombmaker")